Let's Play "what Is It?" Chandsew 406Rb (Pics)

[Ian1783]

I just picked this up today. It a Chandsew 406RB from Chandler. I can find no "Made in XXXXX" so wonder who made this. I've heard Seiko, but wonder if Consew sold their 206RB through Chandler as a 406RB. The decal is in great condition, though the flash is washing it out.

The seller said this was his father's and his grandfather's before that. He called it an antique (sigh) from the 1960's.

Looks to have seen little use. Sat in the gentleman's home, covered, for many years.

It came with a table and motor, smooth-bottom double-toe foot set, two sets of welting feet. Instructions are also included (of the cheap mimeograph type) and any photo used that would show a logo has an artificially applied Chandsew logo (the name).

The father (who recently passed away) did upholstery for vintage cars at museums in New York.

I've just started tearing into it for cleaning and lubrication.

Ian

SF Bay Area

http://imcinnis.blogspot.com/

[Ian1783]

An update of sorts: The motor for this Chandsew 406RB is dated: 1988. I was thinking the table might then be a replacement given what I was told was the approximate age of the machine.

However, I again noted the home-applied sticker below the Chandler plaque is the machine's serial number preceded by the number 87. I don't know the model sequence as it applies to the years of manufacture of these machines, but if I were to find that the sixties is too early for this, and that the eighties is just about right, then I have to think this is a 1987 Chandsew.

And it seems very clear that this is either pretty much an exact clone of a 206RB-1, or was made in the same factory, or is, in fact, a 206RB re-badged for distribution by Chandler, which I have to believe is a possibility.

Ian

SF Bay Area

http://imcinnis.blogspot.com/

[CowboyBob]

I don't know the exact year but Chandler was bought by Consew approx. 8 yrs ago before that they were a separate company that imported a lot of different machines & were one of the first to bring Adlers in.All the parts from the early 206RB will fit in this though so you won't have any problems w/part.This machine may have been made in Taiwan.

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

All the parts from the early 206RB will fit in this though so you won't have any problems w/part.This machine may have been made in Taiwan.

This is my thought as well; looks like a Consew 206RB-2 (oil system), but I think it's a copy as well. I've seen a number of these at this point, a lot were brought in as an "Eagle" brand. If it is a Seiko/Consew 206RB-2 made in Japan by Seiko, Japan, it would have "SEIKO" embossed up under the bed behind one of the feed bars.